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Though primarily known as a novelist over thirty years William Gibson has also built up a reputation as one of our most entertaining and insightful critics of contemporary culture. He is widely credited with having described the internet and cyberspace before any such things existed. "Distrust that Particular Flavor" brings together for the first time his writings on a wide variety of contemporary subjects: the differing cultures of Japan and Singapore; music and the movies; what's wrong with the internet; the interactive relationship between writers and readers; and many others. Also included in the book is a fascinating autobiographical sketch: his upbringing in the South the early death of his parents and his escape into books; and the move to Canada to avoid the draft. Over the years Gibson has been eagerly commissioned by "Wired" "Rolling Stone" "The New York Times" and other influential journals as well as tiny publishers online sources and magazines that no longer exist. These collected writings grant readers a privileged view into the mind of a writer whose thinking has shaped not only a generation of writers but our entire culture.Read More

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  • TheBookPeople

    'The future's already here: it's just not evenly distributed' William Gibson was writing fiction when he predicted the internet. And as his stories bled into reality so he became one of the first to report on the real-world consequences of cyberspace's growth and development. Now, with the dust settling on the first internet revolution, comes Gibson's first collection of non-fiction - essays from the technological and cultural frontiers of this new world. Covering a variety of subjects, they include: Metrophagy - the Art and Science of Digesting Great Cities; An account of obsession in 'the world's attic' - eBay; Reasons why 'The Net is a Waste of Time'; Singapore as 'Disneyland with the Death Penalty'' A primer on Japan, our default setting for the future. These and many other pieces, collected for the first time in Distrust that Particular Flavour, are studded with revealing autobiographical fragments and map the development of Gibson's acute perceptions about modern life.

  • Waterstones

    Brings together the author's writings on a variety of contemporary subjects: the differing cultures of Japan and Singapore; music and the movies; what's wrong with the internet; the interactive relationship between writers and readers; and many other

  • Blackwell

    The author was writing fiction when he predicted the internet. And as his stories bled into reality so he became one of the first to report on the real-world consequences of cyberspace's growth and development. This title offers essays from the...

  • Foyles

    Insight on contemporary culture and autobiographical sketches from the noir prophet.

  • 0670921548
  • 9780670921546
  • William Gibson, William Gibson
  • 2 February 2012
  • Viking
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 272
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